03980nam a22004935i 4500 978-3-031-65579-1 DE-He213 20251030113106.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240926s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031655791 978-3-031-65579-1 10.1007/978-3-031-65579-1 doi HD72-88 GTF bicssc SOC042000 bisacsh GTP thema Sulaiman, Sadia. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 85022 The CPEC and SDGs in Pakistan [electronic resource] : Measuring the Impact on Common Lives / by Sadia Sulaiman. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XIX, 96 p. 3 illus., 2 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: CPEC in Pakistan: The Journey Hitherto -- Chapter 3: SDGs and Health, Education and Economic Well Being in Pakistan -- Chapter 4: CPEC and the Delivery of Public Goods in AJK.-Chapter 5: CPEC AND THE DELIVERY OF PUBLIC GOODS IN KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA -- Chapter 6: The CPEC and the Delivery of Public Goods in Punjab -- Chapter 7: Conclusion and Recommendations. The China-Pakistan-Economic Project (CPEC) is the flagship project of Belt and Road Initiative by China. This project has attracted much of the focus and attention owing to its geostrategic significance where it connects China with Pakistan through the strategic port of Gwader and through a network of road and rail connection, henceforth improving China’s and Pakistan’s outreach in the Asian, African and European markets. This study takes a new direction and examines the development of CPEC projects across Pakistan by choosing six projects in both rural and urban areas and their impact on the daily lives of people as reflected in three crucial Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) encapsulated by the United Nations—good health and wellbeing, inclusive and equitable quality education, and decent work and economic growth (SDGs 3, 4, and 8, respectively). This is a new approach used to study the impact of the CPEC beyond geopolitics and for the common people in Pakistan who are directly or indirectly affected by various CPEC projects. This is under studied aspect of the literature on CPEC and this monograph adequately fills the gap in literature. The study takes a deep dive into 6 CPEC projects i.e., Sahiwal Coal Power Plant, Orange Line Metro Train, Lahore, Rasahkai Special Economic Zone, Peshawar-D.I.Khan Motorway, Kohala Hydro Power Project and Neelum-Jehlum Power project to understand how these projects have affected the lives of common people through their impact on SDGs 3,4 and 8. For the first time people’s centric approach has been adopted to evaluate the development impacts of the CPEC. Dr Sadia Sulaiman is Assistant Professor at the Area Study Centre for Africa, North and South America, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan. . Economic development. 58075 International trade. 58158 Development Studies. 67851 International Trade. 58158 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031655784 Printed edition: 9783031655807 Printed edition: 9783031655814 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65579-1 ZDB-2-POS ZDB-2-SXPI 63716 63716